Thomas white and john milne



NOMOaeL T. WHITE & J.- MILNE.

TROUSERS STRBTGHER.

No. 396,380. Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

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THOMAS lVl-IITE AND JOHN MILNE, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.; SAID MILNE ASSIGNOR TO SAID WVHITE.

TROUSERS-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,380, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed May 8, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownv that we, THOMAS .VHITE and JOHN MILNE, citizens of the United States, and residents of New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Irousers-Stretchers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that class of trousers-stretchers in which two pairs of clamping-bars are combined with an intermediate sectional brace; an d it consists of certain novel features of construction, hereinafter fully described, for permitting easy and effective adjustment of the parts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of a trousers-stretcher embodying our invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a detail view of a portion of one pair of the clamping-bars on a larger scale than in the previous figures. Figs. -l and 5 represent detail views of the bearings for the movable clamping-bar. Fig. 6 represents an end view of the movable clamping-bar. Fig. 7 represents a cross-section of the brace 011 the line 00 00,

Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the yoke J.

Similar letters indicate similar parts.

The letters A A indicate the two members of either pair of clamping-bars, and B B two sections of a brace, each carrying one pair of said bars. The bar A is fixed rigidly to either brace-section B B, while the bar A is movable, it being mounted in bearings C C on the opposite ends of said fixed bar by means of pivots cl cl,Fig. 3, to be adjusted by that means in relation to the fixed bar. Said pivots d d of the movable bar are eccentric thereto, the bar being usually in form of a roller, and the bearings C C are composed of plates, one of which, 0, has a longitudinal slot, 6, to receive the proper pivot and is bent outward at the free end to a hook shape, as shown, while the other, C, has a longitudinal groove, f, on the inner surface extending from the pivothole g to the free end thereof. The

pivot d, resting in the slotted bearing 0, is headed, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3, for its retention in the slot, the other pivot, (1, being left plain to permit its removal from its bearing.

Serial No. 273,241. (No model.)

The brace-sections B B rest against each other, and one section, B, has spring arms or clasps h on the longitudinal edges to engage the corresponding edges of the other section, and has also a series of notches, i, in the outer or under surface, while the section B carries a swinging yoke, J, to embrace the section B and engage with its notches, said yoke being held in place by a strap, 1, secured to the proper part.

hen the stretcher is applied to use, the movable clamping-bar A of each pair of bars is swung away "from the fixed bar A on the headed pivot 61 in the slotted hook-shaped bearing C, the other bearing, 0, being first sprung outward to free the plain pivot d, and the legs of the trousers are laid on the fixed bar. The movable bar A is then readjusted,

the pivot d being guided to its place in the bearing C by the groove f, and said ,bar is turned on the pivot, when, due to the eccentric position of the latter, the movable bar gradually approaches the fixed bar; with the effect of firmly clamping the trousers between the two bars. hen the movable bar A is swung away from the fixed bar A, the headed pivot cl travelsin the slot 6 of the bearing 0 in the line of said bearing, which, being hookshaped, permits said pivot, together with the movable bar, to be entirely reversed in its horizontal posit-ion without disconnecting the pivot from the bearing, while when the movable bar is in normal position the headed end of the pivot rests approximately in the height of the hook, which thus constitutes the bearing proper. During said clamping operation the brace-sectionsB B are to be disconnected from each othernamely, by removing the section B from the clasps h of the section B- and one section is brought to an angle in relation to the other, so asto lessen the 'distance between the two pairs of clamping-bars. The brace-sections B B are now replaced upon each other by forcing the section B into the clasps h, while the swinging yoke J is at the same time inserted in one of the notches i to hold the sections lengthwise, whereby the legs of the trousers are stretched and retained in a stretched condition.

In some cases the notches i may be dispensed with and the upper interior surface of the yoke J may have serrations '0, as shown in Fig. 8, for engaging the surface of the bar B.

hat We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a trousers-strctcher, the combination, with a suitable brace, of clamping-bars, one fixed and the other movable, eccentric pivots on the ends of the movable bar, and bearings for said pivots on the fixed bar, one such bearingbeing slotted and hook-shaped and the pivot therein beingheaded to permit the movable bar to be swung away from the fixed bar Without disconnecting said pivot from the bearing, and the other bearing constructed to permit removal of the pivot therefrom, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a tronsers-streteher, the combination,

THOMAS \VHITE. JOHN MILNE.

\Vitnessesz' FRANCIS G. BOWEN, J AS. S. EWBANK. 

